Niger Delta activist, Ann-Kio Briggs, has called for full disclosure of the agreement reached between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and President Bola Tinubu before the lifting of emergency rule in Rivers State.
Briggs, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said the people of the state had the right to know what was decided behind closed doors, warning that silence could undermine the governor’s credibility.
“We are the people who have paid the greatest price in all of these things, and to not be aware of the decision which will affect us, and therefore, we can’t gauge the extent to which these decisions will affect us, it becomes very difficult to flow with the politicians,” she said.
She argued that withholding details of the pact was “unacceptable” to people from the riverine area of the state, where Governor Fubara hails from.
“It’s just an impossible situation where we have found ourselves. We don’t know what the President has insisted on, we don’t know what was agreed upon, and where that leads the people of Rivers State. So, we need to know what was agreed on,” she stressed.
The activist also joined calls for Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), who served as sole administrator during the emergency period, to give account of funds expended under his watch.
“The state funds spent during the emergency rule belonged to the people of the state and should be accounted for,” she said.
Governor Fubara resumed office on September 17, 2025, after President Tinubu lifted the six-month emergency rule.
He was received at Government House, Port Harcourt, by his wife, security chiefs and stakeholders before settling down to official duties.
AFRIPOST reports that the governor, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and members of the state assembly had been suspended on March 18, 2025, following the declaration of emergency rule over political instability.